The Outpost
Choices
In the outpost, we have the following scenarios:
- Attack from a distance;
- Approach, kill one of them instantly Critical strike:[3] and attack the rest;
- Approach, ask who is in charge [Praetor Background] and convince them to leave Streetwise + Persuasion= 7];
- Wait until dark, climb over the palisade with the climbing hook Strength + Dexterity = 13 and at least Strength:[5] and Dexterity:[6], or the grappling hook Throwing:[2] and Strength+ Dexterity= 12], on using your bare hands Strength + Dexterity = 13 and at least Strength:[6] and Dexterity:[6]; and sneak inside the mine Sneak:[4]. You will find a box beside a smelter machine. Open it Lockpick:[4] to receive a tube and some ingots. You can take the tube and leave, take the tube and examine the machine or attempt to kill everyone;
- Approach and act as if you are Sohrab, the loremaster they are expecting Praetor Background + Impersonate:[3]. You will have to answer a couple of questions first Persuasion:[3] and Persuasion + Impersonate = [6] or Streetwise + Impersonate = [6]. If you are a woman, each of the composite checks are lowered to 5. Or explain that you are just a skilled loremaster looking for work. He will make a couple of questions Lore:[3] and Persuasion:[3]. Now you can either fix the machine or find a way to heat it until it explodes. In this case, you can convince the guards outside to enter it before the explosion Streetwise:[3]. If you fail in this check, the Decanus and the rest of his men go inside and two guards remain watching over you. After the explosion, you and the two guards go to the ground. You can get up after the guards Constitution:[7] and they will kill you; get up at the same time Constitution:[8] and fight or get up before the guards Constitution:[9] and kill one of them.
- You can poison the guards before the attack. To do this you need ask around who's been buying supplies regularly. If you pay 50 imperials for the information or have a merchant background, some of the storekeepers will tell you that Rhaskos has been buying too many supplies “for a shanty town trash”. Talk to Rhaskos and convince him to spike the wine that he is delivering with poison [Pay 100 imperials] [Pay 20 imperials with Trading:[3] Body Count:[8] Praetor Background, or kill him and deliver the poisoned wine yourself. If you decide for the second option, the guards will ask some questions and you need Impersonate+ Streetwise = [6], or Impersonate:[2] + Charisma:[8] to answer them properly. There are some ways to obtain poison. You can (a) buy rat poison from the merchants for mere 5 imperials (b) convince the alchemist at the market to sell you a stronger poison for 50 imperials [Persuasion 3] or [Merchant Guild Background], (c) obtain a stronger poison made by Coltan Assassin Background or (d) create your own poison with alchemy Alchemy:[4] or [6]. If the poison is potent, you can kill the first guard more easily Critical Strike:[2].
- If you convinced the raiders to attack the Aurelian outpost, only their leader, Esbenus, will survive. He is wounded. You can either pay him the 1000 imperials you promised [1+ word of honor and he will give you a power tube], intimidate him to leave without the money Bodycount:[10] you receive [-1 Word of Honor], or fight with him [-1 Word of Honor], you take the power tube from its dead body. After that, you went into the mine with Dellar and have the opportunity to fix the smelter.
Fixing the smelter
To activate the first mode of the smelter you need a power tube (the one you can obtain from the box) and Crafting:[4], Lore:[6]. If you are a praetor, you can learn the "mantra" to use the machine from Sohran, the Aurelian loremaster you intercept earlier. That will lower the skill check to Lore:[5]. If you activate the first mode of the machine without attacking the outpost, you are asked to be escorted to Maadoran to be presented to Lord Gaelius [Prestige Increased]. The smelter is only fixed when you activate the second mode, thus producing Blue Steel, but for that you need a second power tube, that can be obtained only later on.
In Later game you can find smelter fixed without any Power tube and get 10lb of Blue Steel, if you have enough reputation to get in.
Killing them little by little
If you manage to kill the men guarding the entrance to the mine, you can leave the outpost to heal yourself and come back later. When you come back, you will find that the two remaining legionaries barricaded the entrance and armed the slaves. You will need to jump the barricade while avoiding the arrows Dodge:[5] or Block:[4]. If you fail, you lose 10 HP. Kill them. After that, you need to pass a check to enter the mine Perception:[8] or Traps:[3]. If you fail, you lose 20 HPs and permanently lose 2 maximum HPs.
Reputation
If you decide to take the power tube using sneak and leave without attacking them, you receive [1+ House Daratan Reputation]. If you kill everyone at the outpost, you receive [+2 House Daratan Reputation, +4 if you fix the machine] and [-3 House Aurelian Reputation]. If you blew the mine, you receive [+2 House Daratan Reputation] without penalties with your House Aurelian, because you leave no witnesses.
Later on
After Maadoran, if you come back to the mine, you need House Daratan Reputation 15 and be either a centurion or a praetor to be allowed to enter the mines. [1]
References
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Mining Outpost
